Modern Poets

Frank O'Hara: Selected Poems at Lunchtime

July 16, 2008

12:00 p.m.

Alfred A. Knopf, The Museum of Modern Art, and the Poetry Society of America present a reading from the recently published Selected Poems by Frank O'Hara, edited by Mark Ford (which includes poetry, a play, and essays). Held at lunchtime, the program commemorates O'Hara's tradition of writing poetry during his lunch hour while working at MoMA. Participants include poets Lee Ann Brown, Dan Chiasson, Hettie Jones, Vincent Katz, Philip Schultz, and Maureen O'Hara, Frank O'Hara's sister. Selected Poems, as well as O'Hara's In Memory of My Feelings, will be available for sale following the reading.